Francisco Garcia

Francisco Garcia is a civil engineer with over 20 years of experience specializing in tailings and mine waste management. He has led and developed numerous studies on tailings dam breaches. His expertise includes conducting laboratory-scale tests using a box rheometer to determine rheological parameters and calibrating models with Flow3D. Additionally, Francisco is skilled in probabilistic modeling using Python tools. Recent projects include assessing dam break scenarios for bauxite tailings, evaluating both single failure and multiple failure (cascade) events over existing water ponds.

Involved in:

• Tailings dam failure essentials – Part 2 (August 2024)
• Tailings dam failure essentials – Part 1 (August 2024)